Following Spotify’s update to display Composer, Producer & Remixer credits publicly on their service, starting today, we’ve added the ability to add Remixer and Producer credits to all new releases distributed through EmuBands. When adding a release to our system, you can simply add the Remixer and Producer credits for each track, right beside the field where you normally add composer information; If you have releases distributed through EmuBands […]

All EmuBands artists and labels can update their artist image on iTunes/Apple Music, completely free. Your artist image is displayed on your profile on iTunes/Apple Music, and is a great way to add personality to your artist page, and show your fans who you are. Apple have supplied a useful template to ensure your artist image looks its best on their service, which you can download for use in Adobe […]

Off The Record is is a series of music industry events which take place across Scotland, aimed at young musicians and those who want to work in the industry – aged 14-25 years. The next Off The Record event is in Edinburgh on the 9th of December between 10.50am – 5pm, hosted at South Bridge Resource Centre. EmuBands will be taking place in panels on Releasing Music, and roundtable discussions throughout the day. […]

We’re delighted to be hosting a Christmas Party with a selection of some of the best acts we’ve worked with over the past year. The show, at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, is on Wednesday 13th December. Get to know the artists we’ve invited to join us a little bit more below… STATIC UNION facebook.com/staticunionband Influenced by bands such as Arcade Fire, The National, Radiohead, Static Union create […]

We’ll be heading to Inverness tomorrow for XpoNorth – Scotland’s leading creative industries festival. XpoNorth covers music, screen, broadcast, game development, crafts, textiles, fashion, writing, publishing and design. It is attended by leading creative industry insiders, who take part in workshops, panels and masterclass sessions over the course of both days. By night the festival showcases some of the best new acts from the Highlands & Islands and beyond and places […]

EmuBands are proud to sponsor 2017’s King Tut’s Summer Nights Festival. The festival will see 70 acts play the iconic venue across 14 nights in July. We’re really pleased to be able to support the best in Scottish grassroots music in our home city of Glasgow. Full line up & tickets – http://ktwwh.co/KTSN17

Congratulations to Melisa Kelly, the winner of our Wide Days competition! Melisa won two Friday Delegate Passes to Wide Days 2017 – for herself and a friend to attend the Friday convention and the evening showcases, with lunch and dinner buffet. We look forward to tomorrow, see you at Teviot Row House! POSTED: 20th April 2017

We’ve all been there – you’ve booked a ticket to a music industry conference and now it’s only a few days away, and you’ve been too busy to do any prep. Fear not – here are five top tips from Wide Days director Michael Lambert to see you right… 1. Join the party before the doors even open You can get a head-start by following Wide Days, our partners and […]

Hit The Road are looking for young musicians in Scotland to join this year’s touring project and applications are now open. Hit The Road will host five tours held across Scotland, each themed by music genre. Three successful acts from each genre will be taken on tour, with each act headlining their home venue. All successful acts will be taken through a training and rehearsal process before the tour begins. There is also […]

Part Three of the Glasgow Festival Blog Series We started our Glasgow Festival Blog Series after the announcement of Glasgow’s latest music festival, TRNSMT and the news that BBC 6 Music Festival will be held in Glasgow this year. These events are huge news for the city, but we can’t forget to mention the other local festivals taking place this summer. Our next four blogs will highlight some of Glasgow’s festivals which are returning in 2017. […]

Part Two of the Glasgow Festival Blog Series BBC Radio 6 have announced that the location for 2017’s 6 Music Festival is Glasgow. The festival starts on Friday 24th March and continues until Sunday 26th March. Events will be held across different venues in the city including; Barrowlands, O2 Acadamy and St Lukes for evening gigs, with Tramway hosting the daytime events. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 24th February and will be available via the […]

Off The Record is is a series of music industry events which take place across Scotland, aimed at young musicians and those who want to work in the industry – aged 14-25 years. The next Off The Record event is in Inverness on the 25th of February between 10.30am – 5pm, hosted at Ironworks Venue. The day will consist of four panel discussions and two ‘Need To Know’ talks hosted by key figures […]

Part One of the Glasgow Festival Blog Series The line up for TRNSMT has been announced! TRNSMT is a three day festival which will take place in Glasgow Green this July. After the news that T in the Park would be taking a break this year, TRNSMT has been declared a welcome replacement by fans across social media. DF Concert’s first TRNSMT festival will be held over the 7th – 9th of July […]

XpoNorth, Scotland’s leading creative industries festival is back on the 7th and 8th of June 2017. Based in Inverness, XpoNorth hosts two exciting conference days followed by music showcases at night. Over these two days hundreds of representatives come from across Britain and beyond to network and share ideas in the fields of screen, broadcast, gaming, design, fashion, textiles, writing, publishing and music. Having showcased over 1,000 new bands since its launch, XpoNorth are looking for the […]

Spotify Artists is run by Spotify’s Artist Services team, full of guides and resources to help get the most out of having your music on Spotify. It is an excellent tool for artists and record labels who have their music on the platform. You can track the performance of your tracks through ‘Spotify Fan Insights’, a new analytics service. On the dashboard you can view your best performing tracks, whilst learning how fans from […]

‘Let’s Be The Change’ is an initiative to promote, inspire and support women in music. The movement aims to collate a list of women in the industry who are happy to speak at events, or have never spoken at events and want to start with the help of some coaching and mentorship. They want to collate this list so that conferences from all over the world can find female speakers for their […]

Beyond Borders began in 2010 to support high quality co-commissions and tours. Encouraging collaboration between composers, performance groups and music organisations across the UK and, since 2014, the Republic of Ireland too. Funding of up to £15,000 is available for projects that include repeat performances of music written in the past five years, new commissions and recordings. To apply you have to register for a PRS for Music Foundation account. This is quick […]

EXCITE (Exchange of International Talent in Europe) is a collaboration project between organisations from eight different European countries that exchange young musical talent across European Borders. The countries involved are Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany. EXCITE support young musicians and give them an opportunity to have their first European touring experience by working together with a selection of festivals in the participating countries. Applications through XpoNorth […]

Wide Days returns to Edinburgh on the 21st – 22nd of April this year. The conference will be held at Teviot Row House on 21st April, with speakers due to be announced later this month. The conference will be followed by an evening of showcases across several venues. The 22nd April is a relaxed networking day, with activities for all attendees. Applications are now open to acts based in Scotland […]